Holmoe is definitely starting to find his groove in schedule. A nice balance of
home and away throughout the season, 2 Perennial Top 25 teams, a traditional
rival, plus several frequent bowl teams. Overall, a solid schedule with some
interesting games throughout.

that's the last game that was left for the 2014 schedule. Cal is a good
game but I'm slightly disappointed in it. Cal will be comparable to Utah
in that they will be very talented and a difficult opponent but will probably be
unranked and may even have a losing record. The 2014 schedule includes a lot of
good opponents but likely no great opponents for BYU. I was hoping for a home
run with the last 2014 game to be scheduled so that the home run could buoy up
the rest of the schedule. Barring some surprising standout seasons by multiple
teams on BYU's 2014 schedule, it looks like BYU's 2014 schedule is not
that much better than if they were back in the MWC.

I will be at the Phoenix game against Arizona. I will be cheering on BYU. Anyone
who thinks there are not a ton of fans for BYU in Phoenix are only kidding
themselves, or haven't spent much time outside the protective walls of Salt
Lake.

Still laughing that ANYONE thinks Utah will contend for a Rose
Bowl bid. LOL

I like the 2014 schedule. It's a good mix of perennial Top 25, bowl, and
competitive teams from across the country - 11 different states spanning the
length and breadth of the country from California to Connecticut, Texas to
Idaho, with an East coast media heavy opening, and an interesting game in a
fertile recruiting area to end the season.

After a couple of seasons
of growing pains in scheduling, Tom is starting to deliver what he promised BYU
fans as an Independent

While the 2014 season will not be as good as the 2013 season in terms of
Schedule. People who think it will be the same as the MWC have short memories.

Gone are the days where we play the UNVL, Wyoming, CSU, and New
Mexico in the same season. Every team on the 2014 schedule is better then those
teams except of course UNVL.

The nature of Independence is going to
cause us to have fluctuating schedules. Some season will be great and others
won't be as great, but we will always have a better schedule compared to
our years in the MWC.

"If you look only at conference affiliation that statement is true but, I
can quickly spot three on the schedule who've played in recent BCS
bowls..."

I assume you are counting Connecticut as one of your 3
recent BCS teams. Connecticut was a pretty average team even when they made it
to the BCS and in the last year or 2 would have probably been a lower-half MWC
team.

I forgot about the Texas matchup being possibly a great one,
but BYU usually got at least 1 big non-conference game a year even back when
they were in the MWC.

But even if the quality of schedule goes down
substantially from 2013 to 2014, at least the TV situation for the Cougs is much
better.

I think it is really funny how everybody thinks that utah is this great team.
Nobody knew who they were until 2004 (BCS) bowl and 2008 (BCS) bowl. So for a 4
year spand 2004-2008 they were good (I give them credit), but before that and
since then they once again have become a nobody. And since they entered the pac
12 nobody cares about the utes all they care about is the pac 12 stickers that
they can put on their vehicles.

BYU has always had a tradition and
nationaly recognized. No Comparison at all! Go BYU

I love how Chris will not back down an anything, even when his beloved PAC 11+u
goes behind his back and schedules 1 for 1 with BYU. How dare they without
consulting him first. I guess Chris is as irrelevant as the team he cheers for.